Weather-strip



(No Model.)

0. POLLEY. WEATHER STRIP.

No. 405,272. Patented June 1 8, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARK POLLEY, OF NEWV BERLIN, FLORIDA.

WEATHER-STRIP;

SPECIFICATION forming part .of Letters Patent No. 405,272, dated June18, 1889.

Application filed December 20, 1888. Serial No. 294.297. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

a front View of a door having my improved weather-strip applied thereto.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 00 w of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail rear View of the weather-strip, showing the springs arrangedthereon. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the swingingleaf swung down.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the door securedwithin the doorframe B by hinges, in the usual manner.

0 designates the weather-strip, consisting of the base-strip D, securedto the door, the swinging leaf E, hinged to the lower edge of thebase-strip and swinging outward therefrom, and the flexible strip F,secured between the lower edge of the leaf E and the door. Thebase-strip D' is provided with Vertical slots G, through which screws Hare passed into the door to adj ustably secure the said base-strip tothe door. To the rear side of the base-strip, at or near the ends of thesame, I secure the leaf-springs I, which extend downward and havetheir.lower ends bearing against the rear side of the swinging leaf E.The strip F may beof rubber, felt, or any other suitable material, andmay be secured to the door, although I prefer to secure it to a strip J,secured to the door in the same manner as the base-strip D. V

In practice the weather-strip is secured to the door, and the stripsDand J adjusted so as to cause the flexible strip F to form a loop whichdepends below the lower edge of the door sufficiently to bear upon thesill and effectually close the space between the door and the sill. Whenthe door is open, the springs I will force the leaf E upward, therebydrawing the front portion of the flexible strip outward, so that thesaid strip will be raised out of contact with the sill and will not beworn away by moving over the same. WVhen the door is closed, the outerlower corner of the swinging leaf will contact with a stop K, secured tothe door-jamb, and as the door continues to close will be thereby causedto move toward the door, so that the said strip will be compressed andprojected downward, so as bear upon the sill.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided avery simple, efficien t, and durable weather-strip. The device iscomposed of few parts, so that it can be manufactured at a trifling costand is not liable to get out of order.

The device can be readily adjusted, so as to ,cause the flexible stripto bear with more or less force upon the sill, and when being opened maybe at once lifted from the sill by reason of the swinging leaf beingforced upward and outward by the springs bearing against the same.

Having thus described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination of the base-stri p adapted to be secured to a door,the swinging leaf hinged to the base-strip, the springs secured at theirupper ends to the base-strip and having their lower ends bearing on theswinging leaf, and the flexible strip having one edge secured to theswingingleaf and its other edge adaptedto be secured to a door, as setforth.

2. The combination of the base-strip adjustably secured to the door, theswinging leaf hinged to the base-strip, the springs having their upperends secured to the base-strip and their lower ends bearing on theswinging leaf, the strip J, secured to the door, and the flexible striphavingits front edge secured to the swinging leaf and its rear edgesecured to the 'strip J, as specified.

CLARK POLLEY.

Witnesses:

T. E. FISHER, M. J. FISHER.

